Ken is right. There are worse films than those I mentioned - but few worse when you take into account the weight of expectation.

The Matrix 3 for instance, as a stand alone, is just an uninspired mediocre filler of a film. But taking into account the whole legacy, it's awful.

Ditto Spiderman 3. However I do believe that Spiderman 3 is awful because it's unwatchable trash for the 3 second attention span, MTV generation. Which is a shame because 1 was very good, and 2 was okay.

Alexander is the worst film of the last decade for me. Okay, there may be worser films literally speaking. But take into account the gravitas of the production, the money involved, the talent on show (Hopkins, Jolie, Stone), it's the worst failure of a film I've seen in 10 years.

Twilight has moments of delirious unintentional comedy, which is a sure sign that a movie is sinking below mediocrity. (Mediocrity being a lack of the capacity to inspire feelings in general.) Saw is aggressively stupid, mean-spirited, puerile, and shabbily made. I went into it blind and came out stunned by what I had seen. And not in a good way.

I did not see any of the sequels because I am not deluded, nor a masochist.

Twighlight, with all it's faux deep thinking, staring into the distance blankly moments. Yep, undiluted ass-gravy at its most self-indulgent.

I watched Saw up to 3. I was disgusted at 3 because it really was torture porn. 2 was merely utterly rubbish from 1st minute to last.

And then, to abuse me further, my wife made me watch Grown Ups 2 last night. It was a very close second, and I liked Grown Ups.

I actually liked both of those films. Have you seen The Waterboy, Little Nicky, or Billy Madison? For me those films were considerably worse.

Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:02 pm

mrguinness

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Re: Worst Films of the Past 10 Years

Vexer wrote:

I actually liked both of those films. Have you seen The Waterboy, Little Nicky, or Billy Madison? For me those films were considerably worse.

Baiting me Vex?

Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:47 pm

Ken

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Re: Worst Films of the Past 10 Years

Vexer is a master baiter.

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Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:40 pm

moviemkr7

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Re: Worst Films of the Past 10 Years

Killer EliteJudy Moody and the not So Bummer SummerMoonrise KingdomWanderlustFar NorthThe Aristocrats (documentary about the aristocrats joke)

All films by 'acquired taste' directors are exempt from this list as far as I'm concerned.

You could say that about almost any film if you wanted to.

No, most of those directors have certain sensibilities that most people are just naturally not going to 'get' because they were never designed for broad appeal. But there's nothing to NOT get about movies like, say, "The Waterboy" or "Catwoman."

Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:22 pm

Thief12

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Re: Worst Films of the Past 10 Years

Like some people have said here, I try to avoid as most crap as I can, which makes it though to come up with really "awful" candidates for these lists. But anyway, bad apples always slip in the basket.

Some of the worst I've seen from the last 10 years...

InsidiousGridiron GangBalls of FuryDrag Me to HellDay WatchShutterThe ForgottenSnakes on a PlaneLadder 49When a Stranger CallsJeepers Creepers 2The League of Extraordinary GentlemenTransformers

To be fair, I don't think there's a true F on those films, but there are a couple of D- and D+, and some C-

Like some people have said here, I try to avoid as most crap as I can, which makes it though to come up with really "awful" candidates for these lists. But anyway, bad apples always slip in the basket.

Some of the worst I've seen from the last 10 years...

InsidiousGridiron GangBalls of FuryDrag Me to HellDay WatchShutterThe ForgottenSnakes on a PlaneLadder 49When a Stranger CallsJeepers Creepers 2The League of Extraordinary GentlemenTransformers

To be fair, I don't think there's a true F on those films, but there are a couple of D- and D+, and some C-

Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:49 am

Gedmud

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Re: Worst Films of the Past 10 Years

It was re-done in 2006 starring Camilla Belle. It was really lame.

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Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:39 pm

Vexer

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Re: Worst Films of the Past 10 Years

Gedmud wrote:

It was re-done in 2006 starring Camilla Belle. It was really lame.

Indeed it was, I liked some of the films on that list(Balls Of Fury, Gridiron Gang, Snakes On A Plane, Transformers and Jeepers Creepers 2) the rest range from mediocre to terrible.

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